Sleeping Beauties

When We Wake is, among other things, a Sleeping Beauty story, an archetype with a long and not always honourable cultural history.

In this series of essays, released monthly as I approach the launch dates for When We Wake, I talk about some of the many different Sleeping Beauties, and what influence they had upon the writing of my own version.

Sheri S. Tepper’s Beauty, and the problems of predicting what might come to pass.

About Karen

Karen Healey is a young adult novelist. She is the author of the urban fantasies GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD and THE SHATTERING, both set in New Zealand, and the forthcoming sci-fi adventure WHEN WE WAKE. GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD won the 2010 Aurealis Award for Best YA Novel and was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award. Karen can tell you a lot about baking, covers of "Hallelujah" and superhero comics.